Martori Farms: Abusive Conditions at a Key Wal-Mart Supplier
Mon, 06/27/2011 - 12:19 — vikki
A couple of weeks ago, I reposted news about women from the Perryville Unit being forced to work at Martori Farms in Arizona.
These inhumane and abusive practices have not changed. The women have not accepted these abuses quietly. They have launched complaints to prison administrators:
"Women have made their complaints on inmate letters and verbally to the lieutenant, sergeant, captains, deputy warden, counselors, supervisors and the major. Their solution was to give us an extra sack lunch and agree to feed us breakfast Saturday mornings. UGH!! Really ... food is not what we were asking for. Though being fed on Saturdays is nice. Yah! They were not feeding us Saturdays because that's a day Kitchen opens late because they give brunch on weekends. No lunch, so we were getting screwed! But as of this past Saturday they said they would feed us before work! Let's see how long it lasts."
They are also alerting outside advocates and activists about these inhumane conditions, again at great risk to themselves. If not for their courage in speaking out, the outside world would remain unaware of the exploitation and abuse on the farm.
Please read the longer story here: http://www.truth-out.org/abusive-conditions-martori-farms/1308844017